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Job Description and Person Specification for the position of Director
Applied Meteorology, Data and Climate services
Position Title:Director Applied Meteorology, Data and Climate Services
Duty Station:Kampala ,Uganda
Organization:The Uganda National Meteorological Authority’ (UNMA).
Employment Type:Full Time Permanent
Salary Scale : A2
Application Deadline:04th May 2015
Supervises: Manager Data Processing.
Manager Applied Meteorology
Manager Climate Change
Organizational Profile:
The Government of Uganda, by an Act of Parliament (UNMA, 2012), has
transformed the Department of Meteorology under the Ministry of Water and
Environment into a semi-autonomous organization: ‘Uganda National
Meteorological Authority’ (UNMA). The transformation has included restructuring
and retooling and a new structure with new job titles have been developed in
line with the Business Plan. A summary of the job descriptions has been
advertised in two Uganda Daily Newspapers (The Monitor and The NewVision) and
one Regional (The East African).
Job Purpose:
To manage and analyse data, and issue timely climate forecasts and
advisories:
a) Data Processing
• Data processing and Archiving Division
• Climatology and Long Range Forecasting Division
b) Applied Meteorology
• Agrometeorology Division
• Hydrometeorological Division
c) Climate Change
· Climate Change Division
Duties and Responsibilities
(i) Head of the Directorate of Applied Meteorology, Data and Climate
Services.
(ii) Advises the Executive Director on Applied Meteorology, Data and
Climate Services.
(iii) Prepares Annual work plans and budgets for the Directorate.
(iv) Supervises and appraises senior staff in the Directorate.
(v) Coordinates preparation and submission of reports of the Directorate.
(vi) Develop training programme for the Directorate.
(vii) Represents the Directorate at all top management meetings of the
UNMA;
(viii) Ensure the implementation of Quality Management System in the
Directorate
(ix) Promote coordination with other Directorates in the Authority;
(x) Supervises Analysis and interpretation of meteorological data to
provide climate summaries;
(xi) Supervises running of Dynamical Climate Models to provide general and
user specific meteorological products;
(xii) Ensures production of climate change indices and projections;
(xiii) Supervises the preparation of the national agrometeorological and
hydrometeorological products.
(xiv) Supervises the production of timely seasonal climate forecasts and
advisories;
(xv) Ensures effective dissemination and continuous improvement of the
products through feedback mechanism
(xvi) Supervises research on climate variability, climate change detection,
attribution and prediction.
(xvii) Co-ordinates WMO activities that fall within the directorate;
(xviii) Ensures the implementation of the Quality Management Systems within
the Directorate;
(xix) Comply with all the mandatory reporting requirements of the Authority
and other relevant stakeholders;
(xx) Support in the financial resource mobilization strategy of UNMA,
especially for the Directorate.
(xxi) Performs any other relevant duties as may be assigned to him/her by
the Executive Director.
Qualifications and Experience:
a) An honours Bachelors’ degree in Natural Sciences obtained from a
recognized University plus a Masters’ degree in Meteorology or related fields
(Environmental studies, Agriculture, Forestry, Hydrology and Atmospheric
Sciences) from a recognized University. Additional training in Public
Administration, Business Administration or Management Studies is an added
advantage.
b) At least 8 years working experience in a related field with a reputable
organization, 2 years of which should be at senior managerial level.
Skills and Requirements: Data Management and Research skills with proven
ability to write technical documents and communicate with international
scientific teams.
Mode of application:
Interested candidates should submit an application letter, CV and copies of
academic documents & professional qualifications along with contact details
of at least three professional referees to:
The Director, Future Options Consulting Ltd, 4th Floor,
Diamond Trust Building, Kampala
Road,
P.O. Box 34934, Kampala, Uganda
either by post, courier, hand delivery
or email: consultant@futureoptionsug.com
Applications should be received by 5.00pm on the 4th May 2015.
Please include the title of the position you are applying for in the
subject line of your application letter.
Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
